Radio

Radio is a 2003 film inspired by the 1996 Sports Illustrated article "Someone to Lean On" by Gary Smith. The article and the movie are based on the true story of T. L. Hanna High School football coach Harold Jones and a mentally challenged young man James Robert "Radio" Kennedy. The movie also starred Debra Winger and Alfre Woodard and was directed by Mike Tollin. It was filmed primarily in Walterboro, South Carolina because its buildings and downtown core still fit the look of the era the film was trying to depict. The film's lead character, Radio, is based upon James Robert Effinhimer Kennedy who was born October 14, 1946 in Anderson, South Carolina, USA. His ... more on Wikipedia